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The Committee on General Government Appropriations (Baker)

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recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete lines 152-160

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and insert:

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     (3) The department shall provide and conduct training for

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special magistrates at least once each state fiscal year in at

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least five locations throughout the state. Such training shall

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emphasize the department's standard measures of value, including

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the guidelines for real and tangible personal property.

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Notwithstanding subsection (1), a person who has 3 years of

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relevant experience and who has completed the training provided

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by the department under this subsection may be appointed as a

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special magistrate. The training shall be open to the public. The

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department shall charge tuition fees to any person attending this

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training in an amount sufficient to fund the department's costs

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to conduct all aspects of the training. The department shall

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deposit the fees collected into the Certification Program Trust

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Fund pursuant to s. 195.002(2).

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line 19, after the first semicolon,

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insert:

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requiring that the department charge tuition for such

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training; requiring that the department deposit fees

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collected from such tuition into the Certification Program

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Trust Fund;

4/22/2008  7:49:00 AM     601-08195-08